Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 511 Siguniang Mountain (71)

Chapter 511511 Siguniang Mountain (71)

The burning black hairy mycelium crackled, and the surrounding noise finally changed this time. Among the noise, there was a friction sound like a hemp rope dragging on the ground. It suddenly became obvious. The thing that made the sound was gradually Stay away from us and escape down along the different gaps and holes.

As the black-haired mycelium burned and retreated, and there were no more sparks falling around us, my brother released his hand covering my head, and then he hugged me and turned around together.

I opened my eyes and raised my head from his arms, and saw that a large group of flames a few meters away in front of me was rapidly retreating, with sparks flying around, just like the blooming flowers of fireworks. If I hadn't smelled the gunpowder of fireworks, , it’s really like watching a fireworks show.

The part where the black hairy mycelium had just been swept over like a whisk has been burned out, and the burning ash is floating in the air like black snow. The part that formed a ball tried to loosen itself and escape from the sea of ​​​​fire, but it didn't have time to unfold. It's already burning.

At this moment, the flames have rushed into the area that intersects into a triangular tent shape. That area is the thickest and densest part where the black hairy mycelium gathers. The fire is burning so brightly that it is impossible to look directly at it.

The smell of the burned black hairy mycelium here is obviously a little different from the smell left after burning outside. In addition to the smell of the black hairy fungus itself, the smell is also mixed with the moist feeling like when it just rained and the land was just wet. It smells of earth and has a familiar sweet taste. The smoke is not that choking and allows people to breathe normally.

I said to my brother: "Hey, tell me about the taste of this. Could it be that the bacteria here were grown in that dark medicinal soup?"

My brother looked down at me in response, and I looked up at him. His clear eyes were filled with orange fire.

My brother's eyes looked a little serious when paired with his expressionless face. I thought he would just look at me without saying anything and let me feel what he meant. But he gave me a direct answer and said, "Yes." ", not only that, he also gave me a few words and said: "You are their nourishment."

I pointed at myself and said: "I am... nourishment..."

I frowned slightly and said, "Forget it, this thing is bloodthirsty, why did it pick someone else? I said why they only chase us, but they keep pestering me, that's what I mean."

My brother suddenly leaned over and approached me. He raised his hand and stretched out towards me. I watched his hand pass by my face, and then reach behind my head. It seemed that something had fallen on my head, followed by his two hands. A small handful of black-haired mycelium was caught between his fingers and thrown out. It should have been thrown out when the flames were not even when the fire was first lit.

Since this thing is using me as fertilizer, there must be no residue on it. I slowly turned around in front of my brother and asked him: "Is it gone?" He looked me up and down, and then nodded with certainty.

At this time, Zhang Rishan and the others had already walked around the unburned black hairy hyphae and approached us. This place is the most spacious place here. I can also see Sister Liyue behind me, but I can't see the end of the team yet.

A fire was just lit here, and not only all the black fungus nearby was burned, but at least half of it was burned. No matter how mutated the snake nearby was, it was still afraid of high temperatures, so it could only be driven away temporarily, so now Judging from the situation, if the spies continue to plot evil here, they will not be able to achieve their goals, but will also expose their identities as spies, which is not worth the gain. Anyway, these few are also being targeted by us, so there is nothing to be afraid of. They are troublesome. Still the guy or group of guys hiding at the back.

At this position, we are already far away from the entrance of the cave. Even if the hiding guy is still keeping a certain distance from the team, he should have entered the passage at this moment.

Soon almost everyone gathered here, and the people in the team were still chatting about their experience of encountering blindfolded snakes when they came here, but they didn’t seem to be attacked by black-haired mycelium this time. I thought to myself, those black-haired fungi just now were indeed Is a picky eater.

Brother Bai Hao finally showed up. He came closer to us and said as he walked: "As we are walking, one will come up from the bottom, and one will fall from the top. It will hurt when it hits you. You guys This seems more lively.”

I didn't answer, because my attention was all on his hands. One of Brother Bai Hao's walking postures is that he has a tall and straight body, walking with wind, and is confident and unrestrained. But his current posture is a bit reserved, especially his arms. , he can swing his arms, and now one of his arms is swinging at a different angle than usual. He is either injured or hiding something. He speaks with confidence. I feel that he must be hiding something in his hand.

He came to us and said to me: "Hey, what are you thinking about when you look at my brother?"

I said "uh" softly, and he followed my gaze and looked at his arm, and then said to me with a smile: "I will answer your question later."

After that, he said a few words to his brother in a very low voice. I couldn't hear everything he said, but it seemed to be talking about the situation of the tail behind the team. I also noticed that they still communicated with their eyes even though it was inconvenient for them to speak. .

After they communicated, my brother took some people to explore the road ahead. Brother Bai Hao stood in front of me. I was still staring at his arm that seemed to be hiding something. I pointed at his hand and said: "What?"

Brother Bai Hao raised his arm and said, "I'm so curious."

Looking at his mysterious look, I always felt that there was something fishy. I said hesitantly, "Actually... it's not bad."

Bai Hao said a meaningful "Yes" and said, "I'm telling you, it's OK. Don't be too surprised. It's best not to say anything."

I asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

Brother Bai Hao narrowed his eyes, and I immediately pursed my lips and gave him a wink to express my agreement with his request.

So, he slightly straightened his arm and handed it to me, slowly unfolding the cuffs, and I saw that he was holding two triangular shiny things in his hand, one black and one red, one with black hair. One end has red flesh, and there is a matching pair of black and a pair of red jewel-like round beans on the triangle.

I lowered my voice and gritted my teeth and said to him, "What are you doing?"

Brother Bai Hao put away his cuffs again and said softly: "The secret weapon, you have to prepare some greeting gifts."

He said it was a "secret weapon" and I seemed to think about what he had captured him for. I said, "Have you been fascinated? Then it's dangerous to hold it like this."

Brother Bai Hao chuckled and said, "Well, I'm very careful. I'm afraid something will go wrong if I tighten my grip. If I tighten my grip, I'm afraid it will be in vain. The movements will be a bit unnatural. You can tell that."

He paused and looked around, and then said to me: "There are a lot of tails, little guy, get ready." I said "Yes" lightly. There were more of them than what could be seen now, which is obviously not good news. , but it seems that this is also good news. Originally it was a real fight between the enemy and us. We only suffered a loss, but now they have half understood. Isn't this good?

They returned soon after exploring the road, and we started to move forward. After a gentle road, we were ready to go downhill.

When I saw the downhill cave road, I unconsciously twisted my brows together. Fortunately, the headaches of not only walking well but also being dangerous were temporarily eliminated for me. I sighed and walked away with my sore and trembling legs.

After a while, my waist and knees were weak and my limbs were weak. The moment I landed on the ground, I slipped out and sat on the ground. My brother landed first and was already checking the environment below. I stood up with some difficulty. Too lazy to dust himself off, I limped over to him, glanced at the direction he was looking at and said, "Brick wall."

After saying that, I looked at the spiritual map that appeared on the palm of my open hand and said, "The direction I just located is over there. It's not far from where I came in. I just don't know if it can be accessed."

I paused and continued: "There is also this sound that has been ringing. It is still ringing. There must be something that is still following us, but it hasn't shown up yet."

Even if the light was dark at the place where we came down and the stone bricks, we could still be seen wherever the light reached, so we walked in the direction of the stone bricks first.

When I got to the brick wall, I needed to give my brother some time to fumble around on the brick surface. I just had to wait patiently until I saw him put his face close to the brick wall and listen. I also followed his example and listened without stopping. The passing noise also echoed behind the brick wall.

I looked at my brother and asked him: "It seems like something is hitting the wall, there are a lot of them, and there is another sound. I didn't think it was there just now. It's a collision sound. It's definitely not the black hair fungus. It's like..."

I tilted my head and wanted to put my ears against the brick wall to listen. After the impact, the thing must have bounced off, and then hit something again. The sound it made was wood... No, the rattling sound was more like The collision of calcified things made me think of shells again, but I still settled on the sound. Suddenly I said: "Shrimp shells."

I stood up and said it again with certainty: "The sound of shrimp shells and crab shells colliding is just like this, but the sound doesn't seem to be close to the wall, there is still some distance."

I quickly looked around again. Except for the slope full of holes and a brick wall in front of us, there were only mountain walls around. I asked him: "Isn't this the only place that can be opened as an entrance?" ?”

My brother didn't respond. He just straightened up and looked at the brick wall motionlessly. I thought to myself, that's okay. This means that this is the only route.

I know that tomb walls often have anti-theft mezzanines. The isolation of this sound indicates that there should be a mezzanine behind the wall, and there should be groups of shelled things waiting for us behind the mezzanine.

The people behind followed and my brother told me about the dangers of opening the wall. Then the little expert digger in the team started digging a trench under the corner of the stone wall in the direction pointed by his brother. There were some slopes in the trench, from shallow to deep.

I looked at the man digging the ditch and suddenly became uncontrollably happy. The man realized that I was looking at him and was stunned. He asked me, "Qilin, are you okay?"

I said with a smile, "Yes, of course." I pointed to the direction in which he was digging the ditch and said to him, "Wide the end of the ditch a little wider, and then dig a deep pit, a bigger pit."

The man said: "A bigger pit?" He looked at his brother.

Seeing that my brother had no reaction, the man looked back at me and asked, "How big is the pit?"

I thought about it and said, "It has to be big enough to bury two or three people. It should be deeper, so that when you stand tall, your head won't be exposed."

The man said "Ah" and said with a surprised look on his face: "This..." He looked at his brother again, and this time his brother said simply: "Listen to her."

The trench digger said: "It won't be possible to dig out such a big hole for a while."

I waved my hand and said, "It's okay. Just dig the trench properly. I'll arrange a few people for you to dig the hole. You can just direct the supervisor. You can continue."

He said "Hey" and said, "Okay, okay."

Qi Tiezui asked me curiously: "Why did you dig such a big hole?"

I turned to look at him and said, "Of course I'm burying something. Why, I'm afraid I'm too busy. Do you want to help?"

Qi Tiezui chuckled and said, "I'd better forget it. If I go digging, it will slow down the progress."

I saw Sister Liyue saying to her: "Sister Liyue, call a few people to dig a hole."

Sister Liyue understood what I meant immediately. She raised the corners of her mouth slightly with a faint smile, and immediately nodded to a few people and said, "You, you, and you, go help dig the hole."

Those three people were obviously not very enthusiastic, which was understandable, because the ones named to do the work were all spies.

One of them had a disgusting expression of reluctance, but they didn't dare to disobey the instructions. They each took the tools and reluctantly walked to the trench digger to follow the instructions to dig a hole.

We sat aside to rest, and with my smile still on my face, Brother Bai Hao whispered: "Little girl, just use them like this."

I said, "Isn't this what they should do? Why do they have so much energy left to come back to harm us all with great energy? That's why they should spend their energy on this, right?"

(End of this chapter)